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2 Chronicles 35:18

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No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.

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ASV

And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

KJV

And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

There was no passover like to that - “That which distinguished this passover from all the former was,” says Calmet, “the great liberality of Josiah, who distributed to his people a greater number of victims than either David or Solomon had done.”

This site's exposition

No such Passover had been observed in Israel

on 2 Chronicles 35:18-19

Verse 18 reaches back to “the days of Samuel the prophet,” further than Hezekiah's Passover, which was measured only from the time of Solomon. John Wesley notes that Hezekiah's keeping had irregularities, while Josiah's ran by the law and Josiah furnished the whole congregation at his own cost.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Like to that - The whole solemnity was performed exactly according to the law, whereas in Hezekiah's passover there were several irregularities: likewise Josiah furnished the whole congregation with beasts for sacrifice at his own charge, which no king ever did before him.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

During this time, we may hope, thing went well in his kingdom, that he prospered, and religion flourished; yet we are not entertained with the pleasing account of those years, but they are passed over in silence, because the people, for all this, were not turned from the love of their sins nor God from the fierceness of his anger.
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel,.... So exactly according to the law, so universally by Israel and Judah, and with such liberality shown by the king, and the chief of the priests and Levites; of this, and the following verse; see Gill on 2Ki 23:22; see Gill on 2Ki 23:23.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The king exhorted and directed, quickened and encouraged, the priests and Levites to do their office in this solemnity. Perhaps he saw them remiss and indifferent, unwilling to go out of their road or mend their pace. If ministers are so, it is not amiss for any, but most proper for magistrates, to stir them up to their business.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel--One feature by which this passover was distinguished was the liberality of Josiah.

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The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • נַעֲשָׂ֨הit had been observed

    naasahH6213 →2628 times

  • פֶ֤סַחa passover

    fesachH6453 →49 times

  • כָּמֹ֙הוּ֙like it

    kamohuH3644 →143 times

  • בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לin Israel

    beyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • מִימֵ֖יsince [the] days of

    mimeiH3117 →2304 times

  • שְׁמוּאֵ֣לSamuel

    shemuelH8050 →

  • הַנָּבִ֑יאthe prophet

    hanavi'H5030 →314 times

  • וְכָל־and any

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • מַלְכֵ֣י<the> kings of

    malkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל׀Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • עָשׂ֡וּthey had observed

    ʾasuH6213 →2628 times

  • כַּפֶּ֣סַחlike the passover

    kapesachH6453 →49 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֣הhe observed

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • יֹֽ֠אשִׁיָּהוּJosiah

    yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times

  • וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםand the priests

    vehakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • וְהַלְוִיִּ֤םand the Levites

    vehalviyimH3881 →291 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • יְהוּדָה֙Judah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לand Israel

    veyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • הַנִּמְצָ֔אwhich was found

    hanimtza'H4672 →455 times

  • וְיוֹשְׁבֵ֖יand [the] inhabitants of

    veyosheveiH3427 →1079 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 30:5So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed.3 works2 Kings 23:21–23The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”3 works2 Chronicles 30:26–27So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.2 works2 Chronicles 21:2Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.2 worksNehemiah 8:17The whole assembly who had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.2 worksEcclesiastes 2:21When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.1 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 30:5

    So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For…

    it leads to

    • Judges 20:1

      Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

    • Leviticus 23:4

      These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

    • Ezra 6:8–12

      I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal…

    • Deuteronomy 12:32

      See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

    • Esther 8:8–10

      Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king…

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About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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